The posting
Job Description
Division: Client Franchise Value – Client Business Strategy
Data is a critical enabler of Euroclear’s strategy execution. It underpins many of the organization’s strategic priorities; from client centricity and commercial effectiveness to operational excellence and innovation up to resilience, regulatory compliance and effective risk management.
This role is part of the organization of the Chief Data Officer (CDO) who plays a pivotal leadership role in mobilizing the organization around data as a shared asset, ensuring that data is effectively leveraged to deliver tangible business outcomes. The role requires technical ownership and equally carries the responsibility to driving enterprise-wide data maturity, alignment and adoption, embedding data into decision-making, processes and behaviors across the group.
As such, the CDO organization's mission aligns around following key angles:
• Driving data as an enabler of strategy, not as an end in itself - Translate the Group’s strategic priorities into a clear, business-driven data agenda, ensuring all data initiatives directly support Euroclear’s strategic objectives and evolving business needs. • Ensuring business ownership and adoption, not just governance - Create alignment and engagement across business and IT, positioning data as a common language and shared responsibility. • Delivering measurable impact through disciplined execution – Delivering tangible and measurable value from data • Building a connected, data-driven organization - Drive the organization's data maturity journey, moving from fragmented practices towards a coherent, value-driven data ecosystem.
Role purpose
The Data Processes, Metadata and Tooling Analyst supports the implementation and adoption of Euroclear’s Data Governance framework through the maintenance of governance processes, metadata assets and supporting tooling. Working with Business, Data Owners, Data Stewards, Technology teams and the Data Office, the role helps ensure that governance requirements are translated into practical processes, accurate metadata, traceable governance artefacts and effective tool usage across the organization. The role contributes to improving data maturity, consistency and operational efficiency by supporting metadata management, Collibra adoption, governance-process execution and continuous improvement activities. Metadata, governance processes and workflows are recognized components of Euroclear’s Data Governance and Data Operating Model capabilities.
Key Responsibilities
Governance Processes and Documentation
• Support the maintenance and continuous improvement of governance procedures, workflows, standards and implementation guidance. • Maintain governance artefacts, including ownership information, process documentation, approval records and decision records. • Assist in documenting and operationalizing governance requirements, control activities and process changes.
Metadata and Traceability
• Maintain metadata, glossary entries, ownership assignments, lineage information and related governance records in Collibra and connected solutions. • Support the documentation and maintenance of data assets, business terms, metadata relationships and governance artefacts. • Help improve traceability between Data Domains, Data Owners, data assets, controls, lineage and Data Products. Metadata Management is recognized as a dedicated enterprise capability supporting access to lineage, glossary and integrated metadata.
Tooling and Operational Support
• Support the configuration, testing and adoption of governance tooling and workflows. • Assist with user onboarding, issue triage, documentation and user support related to governance processes and tooling. • Contribute to the collection and analysis of requirements for governance-tool improvements and integrations.
Stakeholder Support and Continuous Improvement
• Support Data Owners, Data Stewards, Custodians and Local Data Officers in applying governance processes and metadata standards. • Prepare reporting, status updates and supporting materials for governance activities and forums. • Identify process inefficiencies, metadata gaps and tooling-improvement opportunities and contribute to remediation activities.
Required qualification
• Experience in Data Governance, metadata management, business analysis, process management, governance tooling or a related discipline. • Understanding of metadata, business glossaries, lineage, ownership concepts and Data Governance practices. • Experience working with data-governance or data-management platforms such as Collibra or similar tools. • Ability to document processes, requirements, procedures and governance artefacts clearly and accurately. • Strong analytical, communication and organizational skills. • Ability to manage multiple activities while maintaining attention to detail and data quality. • Ability to collaborate effectively with Business, Technology and governance stakeholders. • Experience in a regulated environment. • Familiarity with Data Domains, Data Products, Data Quality, Data Stewardship and federated operating models. • Exposure to workflow-management platforms such as ServiceNow. • Familiarity with Purview, Unity Catalog or related metadata solutions. Governance tooling, metadata integration and Collibra workflows are explicit parts of the target operating model and roadmap.
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About Us
Why join us
Embark on your new adventure at Euroclear, and work at the heart of the global capital markets. We connect over 2,000 financial institutions across the globe. As an open and resilient infrastructure, we contribute to the stability of the financial markets. We help clients cut through complexity, lower costs, and mitigate risks of financial transactions. At Euroclear, we have the clear ambition to use our key role to facilitate and accelerate a sustainable global financial system.
What We Offer:
- Work closely with inspiring, supportive and engaged colleagues from more than 80 different countries.
- Practice your talents in a highly professional international environment.
- Join a learning and development environment with an emphasis on knowledge sharing and training.
- Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.
Ways of working
Find your own optimal balance within our hybrid working model, where you can connect at the office 8 days a month and also benefit from remote working.
Great Place to Work for All
We are committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates diversity and strives to be a Great Place to Work for All. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment, regardless of any aspect that makes them unique (including race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, pregnancy, disability, ...). If you need any specific accommodation due to disability or any other reason, you can let the recruiter know during your application process. Our values guide how we work together and shape our future: Our mission and values - Euroclear
